I wrote this introduction in early 2019 when I started to work on a textbook project tentatively called "LIT Light". The project is still dormant - life got in the way - but I have now decided to start anew. The first story I started working on is a short story that was published in the New Yorker a few years back entitled Proxy Marriage by an interesting up-and-coming American author, Malie Meloy. I intend to post fragments from the textbook volumes as work in progress on this blogg, in the hope that I will receive some relevant feedback and peer response. The goal is to have the first volume ready for publishing by late 2021. Have a look see! LIT Light Learning English through Literature Introduction Teachers of English as a second language (ESL) have long been aware that the most effective way to learn vocabulary and grammar is through reading. More specifically, through reading literature. Working with literary texts and developing questions or text-related exer